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RIGHTS-KENYA: Home Is Where the Fear Is By Kwamboka Oyaro NAIROBI - The Kenyan government has begun transporting certain internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the camps they have occupied for the last four months back to their homes. The IDPs have been assured of support by government once back on their farms. MORE >>
HEALTH-KENYA: Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist By Kwamboka Oyaro NAIROBI - Every day, the Dandora dumpsite in the eastern part of Nairobi receives 2,000 tonnes of rubbish -- about half of the waste generated daily by the capital's 4.5 million people. The 12-hectare site is a low mountain of smouldering trash. Vultures and marabou storks circle overhead in anticipation of a meal. MORE >>
Q&A: "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt" By Interview with Lebônê founder Hugo Van Vuuren ACCRA - You've heard of solar power, and also wind power. Now, you might start hearing about soil power as well. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: "Political Will" Needed To Address Food Crisis By Kwamboka Oyaro NAIROBI - The need to give agriculture top billing on governmental "to do" lists has been highlighted at a telephone briefing to discuss the current food crisis as it affects Africa. MORE >>
ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX By Stephen Leahy ACCRA - In many of Africa's towns and villages, smoky kerosene lamps are all that keeps the darkness at bay after sunset. However, kerosene is a dangerous and increasingly expensive source of light for Africans who do not have access to electricity -- about three-quarters of those living on the continent, according to the World Bank. MORE >>
DR CONGO: With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability By Michael Deibert JOHANNESBURG - The indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two years after being delivered under seal to war crimes prosecutors. MORE >>
Q&A: Circumcision an "Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward" Against HIV By Interview with Mark Heywood JOHANNESBURG - Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to 60 percent. On the basis of these results, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organisation have recommended that countries encourage men to be circumcised. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Where Have the Piglets Gone? By Kathryn Strachan JOHANNESBURG - Each psychiatric patient leaving Tower Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province under a new project to integrate patients into the community is sent home with two piglets. While at the hospital, patients are trained to raise pigs, the hope being that they will use the piglets for breeding to develop a sustainable source of income once discharged. MORE >>
KENYA: Relocation of Traders in Nairobi Still Beset With Problems By Rosalia Omungo NAIROBI - Jackson Gitonga’s business has suffered during the recent post-election violence. He could not leave his house to sell his wares -- second-hand shoes which, he says, are of high quality. He recorded a loss for the first time since he had started working as an informal trader three years ago. MORE >>
AFRICA: Agricultural Extension Work Both Important and Under-valued By Kwamboka Oyaro NAIROBI - At a time of international concern about the future of the world's food supply, it's a comment that gives pause for thought: "I teach university students agriculture and extension but many of them opt for other professions, especially in ICTs, because agriculture is 'for those who haven't gone to school'." MORE >>
HEALTH-TANZANIA: A Hazardous Route to the Cradle By Sarah McGregor DAR ES SALAAM - Tatu Shabani Tumbo's first born was diagnosed with strength-sapping anaemia, and died a toddler. Doctors had no medical explanation for the sudden death of her second child at age one. She then tried to get pregnant a third time, initially without success. MORE >>
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